General FeaturesFor current, complete drug information, with a focus on safe medication administration, this reference is the ideal choice. This indispensable resource, featuring the latest drug information organized alphabetically, is a favorite among students and practitioners. Users will find indications, precautions, and nursing considerations applicable to any patient care setting.

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“Mosby’s Nursing Drug Reference”:

· Presents complete details on more than 1,300 generic drugs (encompassing more than 4,500 trade names) for comprehensive coverage of drugs nurses commonly administer.
· Provides extensive nursing considerations in a concise, practice-oriented framework: Assess, Administer, Perform/Provide, Evaluate, and Teach Patient/Family.
· Includes comprehensive drug information including generic names; Rx or OTC designations; pronunciation; U.S. and Canadian trade names; functional and chemical classification; controlled-substance schedule; action; uses; investigational uses; dosages and routes; available forms; side effects/adverse reactions; contraindications; precautions; do-not-confuse drugs; pharmacokinetics; interactions; lab test interferences; nursing considerations; and treatment of overdose.
· Identifies high alert drugs to warn nurses to use extra care in administering drugs most likely to cause patient harm, if administered incorrectly.
· Highlights common and life-threatening side effects for easy identification.
· Highlights critical nursing considerations for considerations that require special attention.
· Features over 400 potential interactions between drugs and herbal products.
· Lists over 1,200 pairs of look-alike/sound-alike drug names in an appendix as well as in special Do Not Confuse headings within the main section of the book to help nurses avoid administering the wrong drug.
· Groups IV drug information under the Administer heading with a boldface IV subheading ensuring that all of the IV drug administration content is grouped together in one easy-to-find place.
· Provides a complete clinical reference by including appendixes of recent FDA drug approvals; ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and topical products; commonly used antibiotics in adults and children; vaccines and toxoids; less frequently used antihistamines; FDA pregnancy categories; controlled substances; commonly used abbreviations; weights and equivalents.
· Features a Drugs Metabolized by Known P450’s table, formulas for drug calculations, and a nomogram for calculation of body surface area on the front and back end sheets for quick retrieval.
· Presents new drugs in a separate appendix to help the user distinguish them from previously released products.
· Includes an appendix that lists the names and uses of approximately 50 of the most commonly used herbal products.
· Offers a combination products appendix that includes nearly 900 products in an easy-to-read format that includes uses for all drugs as well as product names and the dosages of generic components.
· Features key Canadian drug content including a listing of high alert Canadian medications, a Canadian controlled substance chart and a maple leaf to designate Canadian brand names.
Built-in Medical Calculators: Provide instant access from within topics to over 25 relevant medical calculators including:
· IV Dosage Calculator: Infusion of a Dose
· IV Dosage Calculator: Push
· Body Surface Area Calculator
· PO Dosage Calculator: Tablet
· Predicted Peak Flow (PPF)
· Creatinine Clearance – Measured
· Metric Units Conversion
· Heart Rate (R-R)
· IV Dose Rate Calculator

Requirements:

· Palm OS 3.5 or higher
· Windows Mobile 5/Pocket PC 2002/2003
· Windows Mobile Smartphone

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